I'll second Sagebrush on the ability of common SWC bullets on deer. I hunted them with 44 Mags and 45 Colts for 10-12 years and shot about that many with both, using everything from 240 & 300 JHPs (Sierra and the XTP) at well over 1300 fps, on down to common 240-255 grain SWCs at 900-1100 fps.
Hit equally well, I couldn't tell a nickels worth of difference between them. I finally learned to poke 'em through the spine at the shoulder from various angles, which puts their chin in the dirt either where they stand or within one stride.The SWCs will travel straight through a lot of animal and I never recovered one from a deer, regardless of how they were hit.
Last edited by SargeMO; 09/05/20.
